Epidemiologic evidence on the relationship between mists containing sulfuric acid and respiratory tract cancer

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-251

  Sathiakumar, Nalini ^a,b   Delzell, Elizabeth ^a   Amoateng Adjepong, Yaw ^a   Larson, Rodney ^a   Cole, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Larynx cancer; Lung cancer; Nasal and other respiratory cancer; Sulfuric acid

Indexed keywords

SULFURIC ACID;

CARCINOGENICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INHALATION; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; NOSE CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; REVIEW;

EID: 0030992241     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408449709089893     Document Type: Review

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